Senior BJP leader Om Prakash Singh detained

Ferozabad, Aug 31 (UNI) Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislature party leader Om Prakash Singh and MLA Yashpal Singh Chauhan were among the 12 party leaders detained in Tundla here today, while proceeding to Agra, which had witnessed violence on Wednesday.

The BJP leaders were taken into police custody at Tundla railway station en route to the Taj city aboard the Lucknow-Mathura Express.

They were kept at the Hazratpur Ordnance Factory guest house.

Later, they boarded Gomti Express for Lucknow.

Reproaching the detention, Mr Singh alleged, ''The Mayawati regime has failed to maintain law and order in UP. We were not going to Agra to disturb peace, but to meet victims. Sadly, the Ferozabad district administration danced to the tunes of the BSP government.'' UNI